Merkel is on a four-game streak of home losses, Grape Creek a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Merkel Badgers will host the Grape Creek Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Merkel is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell 39-31 to Stanton on Friday.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when Grape Creek challenged Wall on Friday. Grape Creek took a blow against Wall, falling 58-6. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 967th, while the Hawks are ranked 208th).
Merkel's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Grape Creek, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-6.
Merkel strolled past Grape Creek in their previous matchup back in November of 2019 by a score of 34-18. Does Merkel have another victory up their sleeve, or will Grape Creek turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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